We caught up to the three handed action on the river on the board. Ivan Luca led out with a bet of 128,000 into a main pot of close to 300,000. Cliff Josephy called and Daniel Alaei called behind.
Luca instantly threw his hand face down into the muck and Josephy turned over for kings and eights. Alaei double checked his hole cards one last time before he mucked and Josephy took the pot.
There was 400,000 already in the pot in what Justin Harvell later described as a three-bet pot on the turn with the board showing . Mark Zullo was in the small blind and he checked to Harvell who checked behind.
The river was the and both players checked a second time and Zullo showed down his for two pair. Harvell had the best of it though, holding and that would earn him the pot pushing him back over one million chips.
We arrived at the table to find Benjamin Pollak facing a bet of 240,000 from his opponent in the small blind. There was already upwards of 400,000 in the pot with the board reading . Pollak made the call and the rail inched closer to the table to get a glimpse of the action.
The river brought the and the small blind opted to check this time. Pollak thought for a moment and then slammed his hand on the table as if to give up. His opponent turned over and much to Pollak's surprise, he held the best hand with . Although he missed his flush draw, Pollak's hand was good enough to earn a monster pot.